Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdressed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-dressed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather.

adj

Insufficiently well-dressed, as for a formal event.

verb

simple past and past participle of underdress

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English dressed English underdressed From under- + dressed.

Inflected Forms

more underdressed (comparative) most underdressed (superlative)

Questions

What does underdressed mean?: Insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather.
Where does underdressed come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English dressed English underdressed From under- + dressed.

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